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Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by cletus on Saturday September 04, 2021 @07:07PM (#28420202)
I'd be more supportive of this if it mattered but it doesn't. Worse, a lot of it is probably virtue signaling.

Here's what we really need. We need a blue state to pass a law, the substance of which is this:

> No person with the state of X shall possess a firearm. Any citizen but no government official may sue anyone who possesses, attempts to purchase, attempts to sell or gifts a firearm to any other person for $10,000. They may also sue anyone aiding any such person. No court shall award costs where the case is decided for the defendant.

You get the idea.

Then let's see how supportive conservatives and the Supreme Court are of the idea that this isn't an end run against constitutionality.

The most disturbing thing to me is that such a novel law wasn't stayed pending full judicial review. It really exposes what a self-serving hypocrisy "constitutional textualism" really is.

As for companies, any action less than leaving the state entirely I will view as empty posturing.

Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by mcphage on Saturday September 04, 2021 @10:21PM (#28421174)
I get what you’re saying, but (a) the response to terrible laws being passed, isn’t to pass another terrible law, and (b) they don’t care about being hypocrites, like at all. They’ll just make up some garbage post hoc justification that everyone will see through, and continue doing what they want.